Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-27
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Celebration of the Sixty
Eighth Anniversary.
A BRILLIANT PARADE.
4 s.lrass of Rev. w. A. Knighten.
Grand Ball at Arm0ry
Hall.

Md, by few earnest WORKERS. VI "'o"'
Thomas Riley. John Welsh, 1. Ridg'ey
and James Wildey were the most promi.
nsnt. The order has grown most won.
,l.rfully, until to-day there is scarcely
towu in the United States that does not
boast its lodge and Odd Fellows hall.
-rhe order in Los Angeles is particularly
strong and the observance of the ami
sersary yesterday was very creditable.
The grand parade was formed as follows:
Mounted police; Grand Marshal Gen.
John R. Mathews; aids, Maj. L. s.
Butler, Maj. Cyrus Willard, Maj. J. G.
DeTurk, 1. A. Sepulveda; Seventh In
fantry band; Canton Orion No. l2; Or.
ance Grove Eucampment No. 81; visit
,pr lodges; Los Angeles Lodge No. 35;
.Soiden Rule Lodge No. 100; Doh's
band: Goodwill Lodge No. 1923; East
Side Lodge No. 325; Daughters of Re
bt kah in carriages. The line of march
was down Fort to Fifth, to Spring, up
Spring to the plaza, countermarch on
Main to Armory Hall.
At the hall, which was comfortably
filled, literary exercises took place under
direction of Mt. II. j. Smith, President
of the day. On the stage were Orator
w. A. K,nghtep; President Of Veterans.
] ohm Fischer; Chaplain. r. w. Ready;
District Deputy Grand Commander,
Charles Il. Gault; Noble Grand, A. Nc
Donald; Vice Noble Grand, J. F. John
,aon, and Secretary w. P. Schlosser.
The ritual of the order was gone through
with and the "ThanksgivIng Hymn"
was sung under the lead dership Of Brother
Parker, Of Mourovia. President Smith
then introduced Rev. w. A. Kuighten,
orator of the day, who made an
excellent and entertaining ad-
dress. He said: 'Dr. Hall, of
New York, once said that afternoon
congregations were composed of two
classes, those who are asleep and those
who were just going to sleep, but he
thought the present congregation had
had enough exercise to keep them
awake"
The speaker gave short history Of
Odd Fellowship. Old Fellowship orig
mated in England in l745. The meet
sngs were at first of social character,
At which collections we're taken up for
charitable purposes. In 1900 the Lon
don and Liverpool lodges were known
as sThe London Order" The present
designation was first use ct the city of
Manchester, where all the lodges were
consolidated under the title of "fhe Iu
dependent Order of Odd Fellows OF the
Manchester Unity" This Unity is now
the most important body of Odd Fell
lows in Europe. 10 1888 it represented
425l lodges, with q membership OF
65,38S. Its annual receipts exceed
S3 500. 600; its annual disbursements
amounted to about $500. 900, and its
capital aggregated about $26, ,O00, 600. A
few lodges were organzsd in the United
States a. early as 1906, but they were
afterwards disbanded. On April &c,
1910, Washington Lodge No. l was
organized at Bait more, and in the fol-
towing year the Manchester Unity
clothed it with the powers of q grand as
we'll as subordinate lodge. From this
beginning Odd Fellowship has extended
throughout the United States. In 1912
an entire severance of the relations
between the American and English order
occurred. The purposes OF Odd Fellow.
ship are thus officially expressed: "To
visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury
the dead, and educate the orphan; to
improve and elevate the character Of
man, imbue him with proper conceptions
OF his capabilities for good, enlighten his
mind, enlarge the sphere of affections
aud lead him to o cultivation of the true
fraternal relation designed by the great
Author of his being" The motto,
Friendship. Love and Truth" was
known and used in connection with the
order ia ITS. An applicant for admis-
sion to lodge must be free white male
Of good moral character, 81 years OF
age, who believes in the existence Of a
Supreme Being. The statistics OF the
order from 1880 to 1884 were as follows:
limitations. 1918. 225; members relieved,
I .O96. $50; widowed families relieved,
IA, sos; members buried, LOG. 922; re-
ceipts, SOS, ,227 $3.50; paid for sick and
funeral benefits and the care of widows
and orphans, sS6. 742. .436.7S. The
strength Of the order in the United
States is about as follows: Grand
lodges, "a; subordinate lodges, 7,703;
lodge members, sos. 87l; grand encamp-
ments, 43; subordinate encampments,
/ 200; encampment members, 80. S52.
The following are the officers of the
Grand Lodge of California:
G. 7. McEachran, Grand Master; Ell.
wood Bruner, Deputy Grand Master;
Reuben H. Lloyd, Grand Warden; w.
u. Lyon, Grand Secretary; George w.
Lamont, Grand Treasurer.
The number of lodges in the State is
$50. The total membership is about
26, 600, and is increasing rapidly. In
Los Angeles there are four lodges and
one Rebskah, with total membership
Of about 600.
The Grand Lodge Of California was
organized on the 18th day of May,
1858. In the past year the Odd Fellows
OF California have expended S2l0. 600
for eharita purposes. of which cum
$24, 900 have been paid out in burying
the dead; SIS, 900 to widows in distress;
320, 900 for the relief of the sick. and
$l6O, 900 to relieve the needs of members
OF the order.
Mr. Knighten said that many people
opposed Otd Fellowship because it was
aeoret. They would applaud Peabody
and Florence Nightingale for their
acts, but draw their roles
around them and keep aloof from secret
societies because they were secret, while
the eocieties do the same work. We
to-day meet to celebrate the fact that
the cornerstone of Odd Fellowship is
laid deep in the hearts OF the American
people. People who oppose secret soci.
sties are cranks. They think everything
'hould be public. Nobody who has
proper respect for home life believes
my thing Of the sort. Bishop Peck was
,nce asked If he belonged to o secret
'ooiety and said that he did-one CON-
,osed of Mrs. Peck and himself. Secret
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